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ScienceA new modelling study suggests that smoke from Canada’s record 2023 wildfire season reduced potential solar generation across North America and Europe, exposing an overlooked climate risk for electricity systems.

ScienceThe fires around Spokane underline how heat, low humidity, wind and expanding development can turn a local ignition into a national climate-resilience challenge.